Attachment for motor-vehicles.



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' ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 11, 1911.

Patented June 18,1912

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ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILE D DEG.11, 1911.

Patented June 18, 1912.

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HERBERT ANTON NESS, 0F SILVERTON, OREGON.

ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1911. Serial No. 665,173.

motor vehicles.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character adapted to be applied to a motor vehicle whereby the power of the motor which drives the vehicle may 1 descri be applied for pulling the latter out of the mud or out of a hole or ditch.

Another object is to provide an attachment of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in construction, eflicient and reliable in operation and having means whereby the same may be readily thrown into and out of operation by the occupant of the vehicle.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arran .ement of parts as will be more fully %ed and claimed.

In theaccompanying drawings: Figure 1 is aside view of an automobile showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan,

view of the same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the running gear of an automobile illustrating more clearly the construction and arrangement of the attachment and showing the parts engaged for operation. Fig. 4. is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the same on the line H of Fig. 3.

By referenceto the accompanying draw-' ing, it will be seen that the attachment com-' prises a shaft 1 which is preferably ar-' ranged below the rear portion of the vehicle body and transversely across the running'gear, said shaft having its ends curved upwardly and bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the side bars of the frame or running gear of the vehicle as clearly shown in-Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing. The shaft 1 is disposed in the same horizontal plane as the motor shaft 2 of the vehicle and at the point where the shaft 1 crosses the motor shaft 2. Said shaft 1 is depressed or 5, said drum having on one "end an annular series of beveled or othersnitably formed teeth 6 adapted to be engaged with the similar teeth of a gear 7 fixedly mounted on the adjacent p'ortionlof the shaft 2 of the motor 4 of the vehicle. The drum 5 is disengaged from and is normally held out of engagement with the gear 7 by a coiled spring 8 which is arranged on the shaft 1 and in a recess or socket 9 formed in the end of the drum as shown. Thespring 8 when thus arranged is disposed between the inner end of the socket or recess 9 and a stop collar 10 fixed on the shaft 1 whereby the pressure of the spring is exerted to force the drum away from the shaft 2 thus disengaging the teeth 6 from the gear 7.

Adapted to be wound on the drum 5 is a strong draft cable 11 which extends forwardly beneath the vehicle and is adapted to be secured to a stake 12 driven a suitable distance in advance of the machine as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings or the outer end of the cable may if desired be secured toa tree, telegraph pole or other fixed object whereby when the inner end of the cable is wound on the drum the vehicle will be drawn forwardly out of the mud or hole in which the same may have become stuck.

In order to shift the drum 5 to bring the teeth 6 thereon into operative engagement with the gear 7 on the drive shaft 2 of the motor, I provide a bell crank shifting lever 13 which is pivotally mounted on a bearing bracket 14 secured to the frame of the ve Patented June 18, 1912.

hicle as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of i the drawing. The drum engaging arm of the lever 13 is preferably bifurcated and in the bifurcated ends of the arm are revolubly mounted antifriction rollers 15 which are engaged with a flanged extension 16 formed onthe outer end of the drum as shown. To the opposite arm of the bell crank lever 13 is pivotally connected an operating rod 17 which extends forwardly and is pivotally connected to the lower end of a foot lever or treadle 18 pivotally mounted in the frame of the vehicle and projecting upthrough the bottom thereon in convenient reach of the foot of the operator whereby the operating rod 17 and the bell crank lever may 'beir'elacfilyfoperated to shift thedrum into engagement-with the gear 7 on the I inotorfshaftwvherebythe drum will'be ireyolved in Zthefproper direct-ion for windingup the, cable and thus drawing the vehicle -torwardly dut of the mud or hole. Y

By means of an attachment constructed in 'ac'cordancegwith-my inventionywhenia I 'vehicle has become stuck in the miidorI-in a 10 hole, it issimply necessary for the operator -to drive the stake 12 at a suitable distance from the machinei and to attach the outer end of the cable ll thereto orto some other ,fixed object.- After thus securingthe outer end of the cable the operator may get into the vehicle and by depressing the treadle 18 throw thewinding drum into operative out requiring a more extended explanation.

I Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s:'

A deviceof the character described comprising the motor shaft, a bevel gear. fixed thereon, a shaft at, a right angle to and in the same horizontal plane as the motor shaft secured at its ends and downwardly curved to pass by the motor shaft, a drum loosely mounted on the c rv'ed shaft provided -at one end with bevel gear teeth to engage the teeth of'the bevel gear on the motor shaft, 7

said drum having also a recessin thetoothed end surrounding its shaft, a spring coiled around said shaft in; sald recess, a collar fixed on said shaft affording a resistance to cause said spring to normally hold the drum teeth out of mesh with the bevel gear, and means, operable by the driver, to slide the drum, against the resistance of the spring,

into engagement withthe bevel gear on the motor shaft.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence-of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT ANTON NESS. Witnesses:

J OHN N. KoLoEN, J. E. HOSMER.

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